265 Unique Baby Girl Names That Start With S & Meanings

In 2026, Sophia is ranked number 4 in the most popular girl names in the United States. I have selected an additional 264 unique baby girl names that start with the letter S. I have also included their meanings.

List Of 265 Girl Names That Start With S:

Sinead

Irish girl name Sinead comes from the French Jeanette, a diminutive form of Jeanne, which is the French equivalent of the English Joan. Joan is the feminine form of John, from the Late Latin Ioannes, which means “God is gracious.”

Shakti

Shakti finds its roots in India and means ”energy.” Shakti is thought to energize “the world of constituted things.”

Sevyn

Sevyn is a twist on the English word for the number seven.

Sunita

”Wise” or ”well-conducted,” Sunita has Sanskrit roots.

Samara

‘Evening companion.’ Australian actress Samara Weaving played in the SF comedy ”Bill & Ted Face the Music.”

Safiya

It is another Arabic feminine name that starts with the letter ”s.” It means ”pure.” Safiyya bint Huyayy, also known as “Mother of the Believers,” was the 10th wife of the Prophet Muhammad.

Sanchia

It is rooted in the Latin Sanctius (”sacred” or ”holy”). Sanchia of Provence was Queen of the Romans in the 1200s.

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Shree

”Shree” symbolizes Goddess Lakshmi who is the goddess of fortune and wealth in Hinduism. American actress Shree Crooks performed in Ray Donovan.

Shanrachna

”Creation.” I love the meaning of Shanrachna.

Sulis

Sulis ruled the hot spring at Bath.

Spanish girls names beginning with S:

Name	Meaning	Pronunciation
Sonsoles	they are suns	son-SOH-les
Sierra	”saw-toothed ridge”	see-AIR-uh or SYEH-rah
Salvadora	she saves	sal-vah-DOH-rah
Sacnité	white flower	sahk-nee-TEH
Sabela	”my God’s oath”	sah-BEH-lah
Segunda	born second	seh-GOON-dah
Suyapa	Our Lady of Suyapa	soo-YAH-pah
Salud	health	sah-LOOD
Sebastiana	”revered one.”	seh-bahs-TYAH-nah
Senda	footpath	SEN-dah
Sacramento	sacrament	sah-krah-MEN-toh
Santana	for Saint Anne	san-TAH-nah
Setefilla	–	seh-teh-FEE-yah
Sanjuana	”God is gracious”	san-HWAH-nah
Saleta	little hall	sah-LEH-tah

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Sequana

”Sacred river.”

Semiramis

Semiramis (”highest heaven”) is the legendary queen of Assyria.

Scheherazade

”City-born.”

Saule

Saule is the Baltic sun goddess who rides a chariot by day and a golden boat by night.

Sirona

Sirona is a Gaulish healing goddess.

Shahida

In Arabic Shahida is “witness” or “martyr.” Pakistani actress Shahida Mini was seen in ”Qafas and Manjhdaar.”

Silja

Silja is a northern form of Cecilia.

Suvi

Suvi is summer by the Baltic, on the Finnish side.

Sekai

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Sol

It is the sun. In 274 Emperor Aurelian made Sol Invictus a state cult.

Sedna

Sedna is the sea goddess of Inuit myth.

Sanyu

Happiness in Uganda.

Arabic Baby Girl Names Starting with S:

Name	Meaning	Pronunciation
Salsabil	spring of paradise	sal-sah-BEEL
Sharifa	noble	shah-REE-fah
Shaima	”with a beauty mark”	SHAY-mah or SHY-mah
Sanabel	ears of wheat	sah-NAH-bil
Sabira	she stays patient	SAH-bee-rah
Shurooq	”sunrise.”	shoo-ROOK
Sawda	dark one	SOW-dah
Shifa	healing	shee-FAH
Sulafa	first grape juice	soo-LAH-fah
Saja	”calm”	SAH-jah
Sajida	she who bows	SAH-jee-dah
Siwar	bracelet	see-WAHR
Sadia	”fortunate”	SAH-dee-ah
Shatha	drifting fragrance	SHAH-thah
Salihah	righteous	SAH-lee-hah

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Shani

Marvel in East Africa.

Sithembile

Sithembile means ”we trust” in Zulu.

Säde

Ray of light in Finnish.

Sade

Sade is a short form of Folasade, ”honour confers a crown” in Yoruba.

Satu

”Fairy tale.”

Shoshana

Shoshana has Hebrew origins and means ”rose” or ”lily.”American fashion designer Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss founded the fashion label, Shoshanna.

Suyin

Su, plain, with yin, sound.

Sibongile

”We are grateful.”

Shan

Coral in Mandarin.

Sigrid

Sigrid is from the Scandinavian word that is meaning “victory.” Norwegian actress Sigrid Gurie played in the classic Norwegian film Kampen om tungtvannet.

Sahila

In Arabic, it is interpreted as ”shore” or ”a guide.” Indian beauty pageant Sahila Chaddha was crowned Miss India.

Simisola

”Rest in wealth.”

Hindu Girl Names Starting With S:

Name	Meaning	Pronunciation
Sharvari	twilight	SHUR-vuh-ree
Shruti	”what is heard”	SHROO-tee
Sukeshini	fine-haired	soo-KAY-shi-nee
Saumya	”gentle.”	SOW-myah or SOHM-yah
Sampada	wealth	SUM-puh-dah
Shailaja	born of mountains	shy-LUH-jah
Siddhi	accomplishment	SID-dhee
Sanchita	gathered up	sun-CHEE-tah
Shraddha	”faith”	SHRAHD-dhah
Sumedha	she is wise	soo-MAY-dhah
Suvarna	golden	soo-VAR-nah
Sanidhya	close to God	sun-NIDH-yah
Sukriti	a good deed	soo-KRI-tee
Sheetal	cool and soothing	SHEE-tul
Samiksha	”careful review”	sah-MEEK-shah

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Subira

Patience in Swahili.

Shuang

Frost or open nature.

Suzette

Suzette is a diminutive form of Susan (“lotus flower”). American singer Suzette Charles signed to RCA Records in 1993.

Savannah

Savannah derives from the Spanish word ‘sabana’ (grassland). American singer Savannah Conley recorded her first EP in 2017. In 1819, SS Savannah was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic.

Sadhana

”Disciplined spiritual practice.”

Sati

Sati is truthful.

Sudha

Sudha is nectar.

Stella

Stella is of Latin and Italian origin and is meaning “celestial star.” Stella is also the feminine version of the Greek Stylianos (”pillar”). English artist Stella Vine opened her own gallery, Rosy Wilde, in East London in 2003.

Swara

Swara is a note, one of seven in the Indian scale.

Shivani

Shivani is Parvati, wife of Shiva.

Saanvi

Saanvi is a name of Lakshmi.

Serafina

“Burning one.” It has its roots in the word seraph, an angelic being that ministers around the throne of God.

Shachi

Shachi (”good fortune”) is the queen of Indra.

Sulochana

”Woman with lovely eyes.”

Sitara

Star in Urdu and Hindi.

Saoirse

”Liberty” or ”freedom.” American-born Irish actress Saoirse Ronan starred in Peter Weir’s war drama The Way Back.

Siya

Siya has Sanskrit origins, and it is connected with Goddess Sita, the female protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana.

Sarika

Songbird.

Suhana

Suhana is pleasant.

Shalini

Shalini is modest.

Savitri

It has a meaning that I find interesting, “of the sun” in Sanskrit. Indian actress Savitri Ganesan is considered the “Queen of Telugu cinema.”

Songül

Son, last, and gül, rose. Families gave it to a daughter they planned as their last children.

Sevgi

Sevgi is love in Turkish.

Sema

”Sky.”

Solana

Spanish Solana means ”sun.” Solana is also the name of a public blockchain platform that is designed to make crypto fast.

Sabina

The Sabines were an ancient Italic tribe located in the central Apennine Mountains. Poppaea Sabina was the 2nd wife of the Roman emperor Nero. The R&B star SZA was born Solána Imani Rowe.

Sevim

My love.

Sarojini

”Lotus.” Sarojini Naidu was the first woman governor of an Indian state.

Sanjana

Harmonious.

Shreya

Merit and fortune both live in Shreya.

Sharlene

“Free spirit.”

Sacha

Sacha is a shortened version of Alexander (“protector of mankind”).

Sunila

”Deep blue.”

Sabrina

Sabrina is Latin for Severn and is pronounced sah-BREE-nah. Bree is a short form that I like.

Sepideh

The first white light of dawn.

Simin

Simin is silvery.

Subhadra

Sister of Krishna. At the Puri Rath Yatra Subhadra rides the middle chariot between her brothers.

Sudabeh

”Benefit of water.”

Soheila

Soheila comes from Suhayl, star Canopus.

Surabhi

”Fragrance,” and is another name for Kamadhenu, the wish-granting cow.

Serap

Serap is a mirage, from sarab.

Selene

The full moon is the meaning of Selene. Berzelius discovered selenium in 1817 and named it after this Greek word.

Shirin

It is sweet in Iran. Nizami finished his poem Khosrow and Shirin in 1180.

Swati

”15th lunar mansion (Nakshatra)” and a raindrop falling under Swati becomes a pearl inside an oyster.

Siham

Siham is the plural of sahm, arrow.

Smita

”Smile.” Actress Smita Patil won 2 National Film Awards for Best Actress.

Sakina

Calm and the presence of God.

Sukanya

Sukanya (”virtuous maiden”) married the sage Chyavana after she blinded him by accident.

Sneha

Sneha is meaning affection or tender love.

Supriya

Supriya is dearly loved.

Sylvia

Sylvia comes from the Latin silva and is symbolizing woodland or forest. Diminutives are Sylvie and Syl.

Salome

Salome has roots in the Hebrew shalom (”peace”).

Scarlett

Scarlett was initially used for someone who dyed or sold scarlet cloth.

Sienna

Sienna is connected to the Tuscan city of Siena.

Sloane

Sloane (”raider” or ”warrior”) is anglicized from the Irish Sluaghadhán.

Soraya

From the Persian word Thurayya and is symbolizing “cluster of stars” or “the Pleiades”. In 1955 the last Shah of Iran founded an all-female Order of the Pleiades.

Shira

Shira is the Hebrew word for song and poetry.

Sorcha

”Brightness” or ”radiance” in Irish and Scottish Gaelic.

Seren

Seren is the Welsh word for star. The phrase ”Seren Boreol” means morning star.

Sundus

Sundus is fine silk brocade.

Shams

”Sun.” Shams of Tabriz was the wandering teacher of Rumi.

Sumaya

It is connected to sumuw, height. Sumayyah bint Khayyat is the first martyr of Islam.

Suad

”Happiness.” Ka’b ibn Zuhayr recited his ode Banat Su’ad and received a cloak as his reward.

Sidra

”Lote tree. Sidrat al-Muntaha is the farthest boundary of the 7th heaven.

Saba

”East wind of dawn.”

Suha

”Morning star.”

Sana

Radiance and elevation.

Stoyanka

Stoyanka comes from stoyan, to stand, a wish that the baby would survive.

Salwa

”Consolation.” Quran uses salwa for the quails that are sent to the Israelites in the desert.

Sawsan

”Lily,” a cousin of Shoshana via the same Semitic root.

Speranța

Speranța is hope in Romanian.

Samiha

Generous and forgiving.

Sahar

Sahar is the hour before dawn.

Saga

Saga (“seeing one”) is a Norse goddess who drank each day with Odin.

Sunniva

Sunniva comes from Old English Sunngifu, sun gift. Saint Sunniva is the patron of Bergen and western Norway.

Soledad

”Solitude.”

Shanti

Shanti is symbolizing ”peace” in Sanskrit. Many Hindu and Buddhist mantras close with this word three times.

Socorro

Socorro is help, from Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro.

Selva

Selva is forest. Dante opens the Inferno lost in a selva oscura.

Snezhana

From sneg, snow.

Stanislava

”She who stands in glory”.

Santuzza

Santuzza (”little saint”) is the betrayed heroine of Mascagni’s opera Cavalleria rusticana.

Sarolta

Sarolta is the Hungarian Charlotte.

Sagrario

The tabernacle that holds the consecrated host.

Sirena

Mermaid in Italian and Spanish

Sânziana

Sânziana is the fairy of Romanian midsummer night, 24 June.

Sonya

It has origins in Sofia as a pet form in Russia.

Smaranda

Smaranda is emerald, from smaragdos.

Svetlana

Svetlana has origins in the Slavic root svet and means ”light.” Sveta and Lana are two short forms.

Stephanie

Stephanie is from the Greek stephanos, a crown or garland. It is also the feminine variant of Stephen.

Sumire

Sumire is the Japanese word for the violet flower. Sumi is a good nickname for Sumire.

Sequoia

Botanist Stephan Endlicher used it first and is symbolizing “possum” in Cherokee.

Starla

Star-like.

Sutton

”South town.”

Story

From historia, an account of events.

Silver

Shiny or white.

Solange

From sollemnis, solemn.

Sonnet

Sonnet comes from sonetto, little sound.

Soleil

Sun in French.

Santina

Santina is a pet form of Santa, little saint.

Selah

Selah (”praise” or ”reflect”) is mentioned 71 times in the Psalms.

Simona

”One who listens.”

Salem

It is from shalem, peace. In 1692 the Salem court sent 19 people to the gallows for witchcraft.

Ségolène

”Sweet victory.”

Sixtine

Sixtine is the female variant of Sixtus (”sixth”).

Saraswati

Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, speech, and the arts. The Rigveda also mentions the river Saraswati.

Sulwen

”White sun” in Welsh.

Sidan

In Wales, sidan is silk.

Sioned

Sioned is the Welsh Janet.

Summer

Summer was initially a surname for people born in the warm season.

Sage

Herb, from salvia, ”to heal”.

Saffron

From za’faran, the spice harvested from crocus stigmas.

Siobhan

Siobhan came to Ireland as a local form of Jehanne (“God is gracious”).

Sydney

”Wide island” or ”wide meadow.”

Skye

Skye comes from the Hebridean island, and sgiath, wing, is the root.

Sable

Marten fur and the black tincture in heraldry.

Sherry

Sherry is made of chérie, darling, and fortified wine of Jerez.

Shelby

Shelby means “from the ledge estate.”

Sunday

Day of the sun, sunnandæg.

Sparrow

From spearwa, a brown bird of old English hedges.

Shirley

Scir, bright, and leah, clearing.

Sandra

Sandra is a diminutive of Alessandra (“defender of mankind”).

Stacy

Short for Anastasia, ”resurrection”.

Sarah

Genesis 17 records the switch from Sarai to Sarah (”princess”)

Serach

Serach (”pleasant”) is a daughter of Asher in Genesis 46.

Shifra

”Beauty.” In Exodus 1 midwife Shifra refuses Pharaoh’s order to kill newborn boys.

Shiloh

Shiloh (”tranquil”) is a hill town where the Tabernacle stood before the Temple.

Sapphira

Sapphira comes from sappheiros, sapphire.

Shulamit

”Peace.”

Sivan

Sivan is a late spring month on the calendar of Israel.

Sophronia

From sophron, of sound mind.

Semele

Semele (earth-born) is the mortal mother of Dionysus. She asked Zeus to show his true form and burned to ash.

Sibyl

Sibyl is a prophetess of antiquity.

Sotiria

”Preservation” or ”deliverance.”

Sappho

Sappho (”sapphire”) wrote on Lesbos around 600 BC.

Septima

Roman families used Septima for a 7th daughter.

Scholastica

Scholastica is from scholasticus, scholar. Gregory the Great wrote that she was twin sister of Benedict of Nursia.

Sidonia

From Sidon, a Phoenician port on the coast of Lebanon.

Signe

Sigr, victory, with ný, new.

Solveig

Solveig combines sól, sun, and veig, strength.

Sunna

Sunna is the sun personified in Norse myths.

Sigrun

Sigrun (”victory rune”) is a valkyrie in the Helgi poems of the Poetic Edda.

Severina

Severina is the feminine form of Severinus, from severus, stern.

Shaked

Shaked is meaning almond, the first tree to bloom in the winter of Israel.

Simcha

”Joy.” Simchat Torah is the autumn holiday that ends the yearly cycle of Torah reading.

Shaina

Shaina comes from Yiddish sheyn, pretty.

Svanhild

Svanhild combines svanr, swan, and hildr, battle.

Sif

Sif (”bride” or ”wife”) is the wife of Thor. Loki shaved her head, and dwarves made her new hair of gold.

Saorla

”Noble lady.”

Serena

Serena is from serenus, clear and calm.

Sulpicia

Sulpicia wrote six short elegies in the reign of Augustus.

Sigyn

“Victorious girlfriend”.

Sadhbh

Sadhbh is pronounced as SIVE and means sweet.

Saturnina

Saturnina has roots in Saturn, the Roman god of sowing.

Sláine

Health and wholeness.

Senga

Agnes spelled backwards.

Salma

Salma means ”safe” or ”unharmed” in Arabic and has roots in the word salaam. Salma bint Amr was a great-grandmother of the Prophet Muhammad.

Japanese Girl Names That Start With S

Suzume

”Sparrow.”

Saki

In Japanese Saki has several possible meanings: ”hope” or ”blossom.” British writer Hector Hugh Munro published his stories under the moniker of Saki.

Sanae

Rice seedling planted in early summer.

Satsuki

“Fifth month.”

Sae

”Gauze and flower.”

Saori

In 1968 Misao Jo started the free-weaving method called Saori (“woven sand”).

Satomi

“Intelligence, beauty”.

Sachiko

”Child of happiness.”

Sakira

Sakira is made of ”sa” (cherry blossom) and ”kira” (radiance).

Shihori

”Aspiration.”

Sayaka

Sayaka means ”clear” or ”bright.” Japanese voice actress Sayaka Kaneko voiced Roanna Fontaine in the animated series Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles.

Sayuri

Small lily.

Sakura

Sakura is symbolizing the cherry blossom.

Sora

”Sky.”

Suzu

Suzu is a bell, a type that is shaken at Shinto shrines.

Setsuko

Setsu, season or moderation, with ko, child.

Shizuka

”Quiet.” Shizuka Gozen performed for Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1186.

Korean girl names that Start With S

Seul-gi

Seul-gi is a native word for wisdom.

Sun-mi

Pronounced as SOON-mee, Sun-mi means “virtuous beauty” or “pure beauty.”

Se-yeon

“Refined grace.”

Soo-min

”Excellence and cleverness.

So-young

So-young is interpreted as “forever young.” South Korean actress Ko So-young starred in If the Sun Rises in the West.

Seo-hyun

Seo, auspicious, with hyun, virtuous.

Sujin

Sujin combines ”su,” (“harvest”) with ”jin” (“genuine”). South Korean social media influencer Sujin Kim has over 7 million subscribers on YouTube.

Seo-yun

Seo, auspicious, and yun, allow.

So-yeon

”Beautiful, graceful.” So-yeon combines the Sino-Korean elements ”so” (simple) and “yeon” (beautiful).

Sang-mi

“Sang” means noble, while ”mi” is “beauty” in Korean.

Seung-hee

“Successful happiness.”

Soo-ah

It combines soo (”excellence”) and ah (”elegance”).